Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons; Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Robert Alldredge, Allan Hancock College

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Two Year College Division

taught at each of the CREATE community colleges. Surveys weredeveloped or adapted from other sources and these surveys and results are posted on theCREATE website at www.create-california.org/skills surveys. One of the surprising Page 12.399.2differences between the results ten years ago and this set of surveys and focus groups arethe much higher priority that industry places on soft skills. Another important result wasthat employers felt that foundational skills such as electronics were being lost whilecolleges specialized curricula too much and focus groups from a wide range of industrysegments advocated a more generalist curricula for their skilled

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

and/or competencies. Additionally, in Spring of 2007 two new degree programs have won approval and will give new transfer options in Information Technology (Cuesta College) and Mechatronics (Allan Hancock). • CREATE conducted a comprehensive review of the region’s skills needs and cross- mapped these needs to the embedded technical and soft skills currently being taught at each of the CREATE colleges. • A new Mechatronics degree program was developed and implemented at Allan Hancock College. • A feasibility study to determine the need for a new 4-year B.S. in Engineering Technology degree to be offered in the region.Objective 4: Develop and implement a model assessment plan to measure longitudinally the

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Wight, Norwich University; R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques Beneat, Norwich University; William Barry, Norwich University

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First-Year Programs

design process Page 13.1009.2through project-based instruction with a blend of technical skills and non-technical or so-called“soft” skills. At the time of the writing of this paper, the first semester course, EG109, had beencompleted, and EG110 had just begun. The objective of this paper is to describe thedevelopment, design, and first year implementation of the course.After six years of discipline-specific freshman engineering courses for Civil Engineering,Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering majors, it was decided that all Engineeringand Construction Management majors would share the same curriculum during their freshmanyear. The

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida

teach first-yearstudents the fundamentals of engineering. Educational materials covered essential topics for conceptualdesign and fabrication of a robotic car. The introduction of materials occurred through fifty percentsynchronous lectures followed by practical online activities (50% ). Topics covered include DesignThinking, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Fabrication method, Programming, Concept sheet generation,Instrumentation, Design Optimization, and some soft skills activities not presented in Table 1. Thelearning outcomes for this course include software (e.g., CAD and Arduino IDE) and hardware training(e.g., circuits, breadboards, sensors, 3D printers) and research-based strategies (e.g., Design Heuristics,Engineering Design Process) to

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; David Gill P.E., Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

ability towork within teams containing a broad diversity of technical and personal backgrounds and goals.These skills include what is often referred to as the “Professional” or “soft skills” such as theability to communicate effectively, an appreciation of an engineer’s “duty of care” to society anda disposition towards self-learning. However, they also include many that are more technical innature including the ability to visualize in 3D, troubleshooting, quantifying and mitigating riskand connecting cause and effect. These are typically lumped together as skills that supportproblem solving abilities.This paper presents a strategy being developed for emphasizing skills development within aManufacturing Engineering curriculum. It recognizes that

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaya Wolf, University of Wyoming; Rafer Cooley, University of Wyoming; Mason Johnson, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

coding) and soft skills (such as problemconcept interpretation. solving and teamwork). Lastly, using these results, volunteers can enhance future opportunities. • Students were asked to reflect on their learning individually to provide an Individual indication of their progress interest level, and content knowledge. This was Reflection done through drawings, worksheets, and surveys. Conclusions & Future Work

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

security-relatedproblems. For example, the current/voltage of a RC circuit could be applied from the perspectiveof a power side-channel attack.The course can further be used to develop and evaluate soft skills and the students’ ability toapply engineering knowledge to culturally relevant topics. Presentations, in-class discussions, andwritten reports prepare students for the workplace where both soft and technical skills arerequired. Additionally, as discussions of ethics are integral to a course in security, the course alsoinvolves professional and ethical responsibilities. The combination of soft skills and ethicalconsideration included in the course give faculty a foundation to do ABET assessment to go alongwith the technical concepts.In this

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farah I. Jibril, Qatar University ; Bassnt Mohamed Yasser, Qatar University; Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University; Mazen O. Hasna, Qatar University; Mohieddine A. Benammar, Qatar University; Saud A. Ghani, Qatar University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

career and manage a project which requires developing anumber of soft skills, such as interpersonal, marketing, and communications 14. In order to be atrue engineering leader, engineering students must possess technical and nontechnical soft skills,which would give them an edge in the workplace 13. They must possess skills such as written andoral communication, customer relations, personal initiative, teamwork abilities, organizationalknowledge, and decision making that will facilitate the development of solutions to businesschallenges, to be effective leaders 15.According to the NAE (2004), “engineers must understand the principles of leadership and beable to practice them in growing proportions as their careers advance”. Engineers need

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering manager for HP and AMD. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Consulting Engineering Model for the EE Capstone ExperienceI. abstractThe ABET-accredited EE degree program at the University of Washington Bothell was started in2009 with 24 students. Currently, the total enrollment in the program, including BSEE andMSEE students, is approximately 250 students. The program has achieved significant supportfrom the surrounding industrial base in our metropolitan area, largely due to the success of its EECapstone Experience.The Capstone program was created with the following educational objectives:  Master the soft-skills necessary for success in industry  Experience a complete product

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Summer Scarlatelli, Museum of Discovery and Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

have collaborated to achieve research uniformity across both the environments; we are coordinating better in this 3rd year).Research Design:The main goal of this study is to understand how interdisciplinary instruction affects students’ability to identify, formulate, and solve problems, function on multidisciplinary teams, engagewith contemporary issues, communicate effectively in writing, verbally and visually, developappreciation of the impact of planning and engineering solutions in a variety of societal contexts,and develop understanding of their professional and ethical responsibilities. Soft skills, such ascommunication, team spirit, leadership, sociability, time management, documentation,presentation, ethics, negotiation, etc., are

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solonsky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; M K Parfitt

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

]. Evaluation procedures wereformulated that allow for the measurement of technical and soft skills in students. Different metrics wereestablished for the following four student content categories: 1) technical content; 2) soft skills; 3)course/project management and 4) team dynamics. Technical content and management categories focusedon student deliverables whereas, team dynamics were the internal relationships within the team. Thegeneral timeline for when different assignments and assessments were deployed throughout the academicsyear is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Schematic Timeline of, Student Work, Assessments, and Faculty Interactions.To evaluate the technical and soft skill assignments, nine different metrics used which were provided to

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Christian A. Bock Hyeng, North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

statistics. Also,the best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from the NAHB program are described.Results indicated that students’ had gained residential construction knowledge and careerinterests. Positive experiences included increased understanding of the technical and managerialaspects of residential construction, real-life industrial experiences, professional development,development of soft skills, improved sense of belonging, and lowered financial burden throughscholarships and internships. The few negative experiences included long travel times, newgroup discomfort, and feelings of inadequacy during NAHB competition team preparation.Seventy-five percent (75%) of students were interested in residential careers because of theirdesire to

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Sreedevi Ande P.E.

classroom environment.KeywordsSTEM, Women, Engineering, Soft skills, EducationIntroductionWomen are historically underrepresented in the STEM fields – specifically in the engineeringfields. As late as 2013 on average, one woman for every four men earned an undergraduateengineering degree and less than one out of those four women were from a historically minoritybackground1-9. Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) Camp was funded and organizedby the Dean’s Office of the School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering at the University ofthe Incarnate Word. The camp was designed for the female students who were sophomores orjuniors at any San Antonio Independent School District high school, Incarnate Word HighSchool or St. Anthony Catholic

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juri Filatovs, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

criteria to an outcomes-based model is now complete. The onus for defining curricular content has shifted from ABET(‘one size fits all’) to the program’s faculty (‘stakeholder-driven continuous improvement’). Thisnew-found autonomy in determining curricular content has created varied ‘localized’interpretations and implementations. It comes with its own set of challenges. Heightenedemphasis has been placed on development and documentation of professional skills (aka ‘soft’skills) such as oral and written communication, team work, lifelong learning, and global andsocietal issues. Teaching, assessing and documenting soft skills necessitates a new synthesis oftopics. In this paper, we describe our experiences in a capstone design course for

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terry Allen Michmerhuizen, College of Aviation, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

trainingaviation maintenance technicians in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation Part 147 areadded to the traditional academic requirements, a total of 1900 (student clock) hours must beintegrated and the challenge becomes even greater. Training aviation maintenance students is anextremely complex process, and programs should include transportable “soft skills” such as thefour “C’s” presented in this paper.Historical PerspectiveAn ideal formula for establishing an aviation maintenance curriculum would be to develop itbased upon what the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) require, and what industry needs.Although the FARs provide general subject matter topics, and specify a level of proficiencywhich the student must possess upon completion, they

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University

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College-Industry Partnerships

15.288.4Program OutcomesThe expected outcomes of the program include≠ Technical expertise≠ Experience in managing and delivering projects≠ Proper behavior in the workplace≠ Written and oral communication skills≠ “Soft-skills” of teamwork, leadership, and aggressivenessProgram SuccessProgram success is measured in terms of various indicators:≠ Project assignments and rotation - Usually after a month or so, students are assigned responsible projects indicating the trust manager put in these students. Students rotate within several groups of the organization to allow them to get a broader perspective of the employer’s products and operation. Many times the group does not want them to rotate (considered highly valuable) but have no

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann

not fullyappreciate the potential engineering management programs present for significant organizationalchange. Even within the discipline, the focus varies between an emphasis on soft skills andquantitative skills. This paper proposes a research agenda for the engineering managementdivision that targets examination of these issues and long-term definition of the discipline by usingeducational assessment and effectiveness measures and also by study of skills necessary forstudent success in the work place.The IssueThis paper proposes that the primary issue facing engineering management educators and thebroader field of engineering management practice is identification of the case for engineeringmanagement as a defined, identifiable field of

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rich Fries; Paul King; John Gassert; Joan Walker; Paul Yock; Sean Brophy; Jay Goldberg

years. It was strongly recommended that design be a consideration in teachingthroughout a four year education, but it was noted that few universities actually give credit forconsecutive design courses through a four year education. Whatever the placement of the course(most are senior two semester courses) the consensus was that one needs to cover hard skills(project management, resource mining, and constraints), soft skills (technical communication,and team dynamics) and concept coverage (ethics, safety, intellectual property.) Design shouldprovide the integration of theory and practice, provide skills for employment, and be done insuch a manner as to over satisfy ABET minimum requirements. The design experience must

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

both summativeand formative feedback to students are included.IntroductionAs evidenced by ABET-TAC Criterion 3e, an important soft skill for graduates to posses is theability to function effectively and to lead in teams. Graduates are finding that they are requiredto work within a team environment and to make contributions to the “bottom” line through theirteams as soon as they join the work force. In a 1997 survey of engineering graduates from amajor state university, teaming skills were considered extremely valuable with at least tworespondents indicating in their comments that it is not technical skills but soft skills such as theability to work effectively in teams and to communicate that differentiate those individuals whoare eventually

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Shannon Rist, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

should be doing on the job that they’re not doingnow, the COEN and MBE advisory boards both agreed that newly minted graduates had a hardtime applying topics they’d learned to real-world jobs in the engineering workplace. They alsonoted that soft skills were lacking, including:  Letting go; i.e., sharing problems with others  The ability to work in a team environment  Collaboration with those in other departments  The ability to communicate, including o Written English skills o Professional writing, especially abstracts and proposals o Writing concisely o Communicating both within and across groups o Presentation skills Entrepreneurial skills Willingness to ask questions

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J Batchelder; Daniel F. Dolan

racing. As an important part of the solar carteam, the instrumentation team not only learns technical skills, but also the soft skills ofplanning, managing, and working with others to reach a common goal.IntroductionFocusing engineering education on projects and competitions is a popular approach togiving students experience with real open-ended design problems, teamwork,communication, and leadership1,2,3,4. ABET requires engineering programs todemonstrate that their graduates have fundamental knowledge and know how to apply itworking in teams. Student teams participating in solar car racing develop not onlytechnical skills, but also communication, project management, and teaming skills. TheCenter for Advanced Manufacturing and Production (CAMP

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey L. Ray

management,resource availability, communication skills, and leadership. Additionally project and budgetmanagement techniques are presented. The remainder of the semester is used for student teamsto prepare their design proposals and obtain sponsor approval for project implementation.Discussion of the professional development modules and exercises developed are presented.IntroductionEngineering employers are demanding more and more of current and future engineeringgraduates. One concern is the lack of soft skills new engineering graduates possess, which issupported by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Manufacturing Education Plan (MEP)1 .Several skills have been identified as competency gaps in today’s engineering education. Theability to

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Green

engineeringstudies that address the "soft skills" of listening, teamwork and leadership.Listening SkillsMost engineers have some form of engineering management responsibility. Published lists ofskills important for the technical manager always include "communication" and all gooddefinitions of communication include "listening." Listening is also one of the key characteristicsof effective leaders. Bennett (1996) states that "Like most skills, good listening can be studiedand learned. Americans tend to speak at about 150 words per minute; we are capable oflistening to about 1000 words per minute. Is that 85% idle time spent in reviewing andassimilating what has been said, developing an argumentative rebuttal or brilliant reply, orthinking about an unrelated

Conference Session

Sustainability and Student Health in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sepehr Khorshid, The University of Alabama; Raissa Seichi Marchiori, The University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

academic and industry settings. According to the results and asshown in Table 3, “Effective Communication” was identified by students as the most critical skillthey believe needs improvement to maintain and promote mental well-being. Table 3. Comparative Importance of Mental Health Skills Among Students (Sample Size N= 50) In addition to rating the abovementioned skills, students were asked at the end of the surveyto specify any other skills they believe are essential for enhancing mental well-being. Notably,two students specifically mentioned “Happiness” as a skill that needs to be learned to enhancemental well-being. While many students emphasized various soft skills, three of themhighlighted

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Michael Aucoin P.E., Texas A&M University; Zhendi Zhang, Texas A&M University; Miles O. Dodd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

. Perhaps such an evolution will take place in the larger workplace.If we use workforce analytics properly it will enhance our humanity; troublesome application of itwill strip away humanity and treat people as objects [24]. Fledgling engineering managers/leaders willthemselves be analyzed and will likely participate in the analysis of others. This content has beendeveloped to help them prepare themselves for considering how this technology can enhance ourhumanity. Perhaps paradoxically, this exploration helps us see how the practice of leadership isevolving to become about both soft skills and hard data. A comment from Deloitte [29] provides aguiding compass for our way forward. …[Thriving] depends on an organization becoming—and remaining

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afeefa Rahman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Casey J Rodgers, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Computer Science 14.3% Modeling 14.3% No response 14.3%For Question 8, students stated what engineering skills or technologies they learnedindependently during the course of the project. The responses varied but seem to be able to beroughly divided into four main themes: experimental design skills, experimental testing skills,specific softwares, and soft skills. Experimental design skills encompass skills required to designan experiment such as drawings and mix designs, while experimental testing skills involves skillsrequired to execute an experiment such as 3D printing, testing concrete, and analyses. Specificsoftwares cover softwares

Conference Session

Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Eduardo Abril; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

approach to relating the theoretical knowledge taught in class withthe real-world experience. This way, it becomes easier for students to develop judgement in civilengineering, and therefore be successful in their practice [11]. The purpose of this study is to determine if and how the implementation of project-basedclasses with practical proposals such as the construction of a 3D scale model made with realmaterials could support students learning process. This teaching method is important because helpstudents to know how to develop with real materials in the professional field, besides, the paperargue the importance of practical experience, which leads them to also develop soft skills, materialhandling and constructability, planning of

Conference Session

Learning From Experts

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

.   2  Engineering Inquisitiveness: Students’ level and depth of curiousity about engineering processes,how things work, and diverse problem solving approaches within and beyond the discipline.Instrument Design and Testing There are total of forty items on the ECPII with 3-6 items per subscale (described above).This item distribution and scale total is supported by item response theory for designing difficultto observe (soft skill) constructs, as is the case of engivering creativity and innovation. The table (1) below provides sample items for each of the Table 3: Reliability Coefficients subscales. Subscale Cronbach’s A minimum of two

Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary I

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Marwan T. Abdelhamid, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)

Tagged Topics

Partner Society Plenary

. To become innovators, young graduates shouldposses a range of soft skills as well as interdisciplinary knowledge. This could beencouraged by developing more flexible curricula allowing the students to explorereal potentials.Your Excellencies, Ladies and GentlemenIt has been, generally, acknowledger that students are lacking the skills required inindustry. In the subsequent process, industry stakeholders and representatives fromthe profession were closely involved in the discussion of ways to take EngineeringEducation into the future .Moreover, it is recognized that entrepreneurial skill andattitudes are absolutely needed by everyone. The social, financial and technologicalchanges taking place in the world over the last decade constitute for

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dong Ik Kim, Kunsun University; Myongsook Susan Oh, Hongik University

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

soft skills and (3) Toincrease the employment rate in the field related to one’s major. This paper introduces theWIE program developed in Kunsan University in Cheonrabuk-do and summarizes theoutcome of the first 5-year programs in terms of improvements in psychological correlates,retention rate, and employment rate. 2. Program DetailsThe programs in the three sub-areas are listed in Tables 1-3. The inclusive environmentprograms include programs for faculty and students, as well as research programs to developeffective teaching pedagogies for female students. The competency enhancement programshave both technical and non-technical programs. Employment support programs includevarious training programs related to employment preparation.Table 1